Barrel-washing machine



(No Model.) I

H. NADORPF.

BARREL WASHING MAGH'INE.

Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

W/T/VESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY NADORFF, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BARREL-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,847, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed February 4, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY NADORFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louis ville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel lVashing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention has relation to improvements in machines for washing barrels and casks; and it consists in the construction, novel arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple means for washing barrels and kegs-such, for instance, as beer-kegs and with this object in view I have provided means for adjusting the scrubbing-brushes both for the body portions and ends of a cask, as will be presently explained.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing by a perspective view, with one side of the box partly broken away, showing the brushes in a position to engage a barrel.

In the said drawing, A indicates a box of elongated form, which is designed to be filled with water.

I E E indicate longitudinal horizontal shafts, which are journaled at opposite ends in the end vertical walls of the said box in such a manner as to permit of rotation. These shafts are provided near one end with fixed vertical pinions C O, the shafts upon which they are arranged bei-ng submerged in the water within the box A.

B indicates a vertical gear-wheel, which is fixed on the inner end of a short horizontal shaft, Z, having its bearings in a vertical standard, D, and provided at its outer or opposite end with a drive wheel, S, which is driven by a belt, Q. The pinions O 0 being submerged in the water in the box A, obviate the use of packing, as is the case when the ScrialNo.154,866. (No model.)

shafts pass through the box or tank, and thus greatly simplify the device and reduce the cost of construction. As the said gears are submerged, the gear B also passes beneath the surface of the water to engage them. The upper edges of the side walls of the box A are provided with brush-guides M, which are arranged opposite each other, near opposite ends of the said walls. These guides have a horizontal transverse aperture, a, for the passage of the brush-holders, and those near one end have vertical perforations P for the reception of a pin, N, or other suitable device by which one of the end brushes, R B, may be adjusted and held in a fixed position with relation to a barrel, the other being removably held in a normally-fixed position, and preferably not adjustable.

H indicates a brush for engaging the outer longitudinal side of a barrel. This brush is suspended from two horizontal beams, I J, which are suitably arranged above the box A. These beams I J are vertically and longitudinally slotted, as shown, for the passage of the brush-handle, and the beam J is provided with transverse perforations L for the passage of a pin, K, which engages the said brush-handle, whereby the same may be both vertically and longitudinally adjusted. The bar I acts as a guide, relieving the pin K from all lateral strain. The object of these adjustments is to provide for barrels of various sizes. The shafts E E are provided with vertical fixed rollers F, upon which a barrel to be washed is placed, as shown more fully in dotted lines.

In operation, when power is imparted to the drive wheel from any suitable mechanical motive power by the belt Q, will be seen that motion will be communicated to the shafts E through the medium of the pinions thereon and the gear B. thereby rotating the barrel which may be placed upon the rollers F, and cause it to continuously engage the brushes.

The principal advantages claimed for the device are simplicity of construction, consequent small cost, and effective operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a barrel-washing machine, in combination with means, substantially as set forth, for rotating the barrel and a tank for holding Water, a brush extending across said tank near one end and secured removably in fixed bearings, a brush extending across the tank near the other end and adjustable in slotted perforated bearings, and a brush hung from a slotted beam, in which it is vertically and laterally adjustable, and aslotted beam acting as a guide for said brush, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A barrel-washing machine consisting of a tank, shafts with barrel-supporting rollers,

gear-wheels within the tank on the shafts and below the water-level, a gear-wheel on the 

